Split Ends and High-Waisted Frilly Jumpsuits
On the subject of crying, Bobby Gentry kills me. I weep like hell every time I hear “Ode to Billy Joe”. So imagine my surprise and utter embarrassment when I learned Reba McEntire wasn’t the progenitor of “Fancy”. That hit neu-country song I used to hear from the WB starlet while sitting in the back seat of my mom’s 1980 Crown Vic, to the derision of many a BHS wrestler (“ees your mom your taxi driver?” bench seats, tiny driver legs, I’d explain in a long sequence of explanations as to why I’m not a pretentious dickhead…). I like her little dances, especially the leg-sweeps, c’mon, it’s uncomfortable but it’s not quite thumbs and kicks. The leg-sweeps aren’t as cool as mock roach stomps would’ve been, but it kinda looks like she’s pushing their butts along with her shoe, underneath the lazy susan. Is “Lazy Susan” a good name for a band? I’d love to know your opinion…
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the answer is yes but only under certain genres, depending on how ironic you are trying to be. It’s funny you picked this subject for a post as eld was just telling me about the Reba version, and I want a jumpsuit
So I would ideally have Lazy Suzan be a country band. I listened to the Reba version first, and I found it nearly unlistenable. What do those “new country” producers of the early 90′s do? Open up whiskey bottles, turn on their master blasters, and shoot at rainbows with shotguns? Can that be considered a production strategy?
I really want to know what people think, I’m not trying to be ironic, I just thought it was funny that I’m always encouraging dialogue with a very quiet readership.